We live in rural PNG, no kinder here. My girls wont be going to kinder but i have lots of craft activites, learning tools, books and toys, and we have a group of kids that get together regularly for the social interaction. I'm not concerned about it and think i can help her to have a great start myself.

I'm with missymoo on the comparing apples thing. My DD is 2.5, never been in any kind of care, can count to 20, has a fantastic vocabulary, knows her colors, sings the alphabet, can 'read' books she know well (from memory, not reading) and i don't spend huge amounts of time teacher things, she is just a little sponge.

If we had a choice i would probably send them to kindy, but i'm not overly fussed. i don't feel like i am doing my kids a disservice, i think they will be just fine starting their formal education in grade prep. Sure they might take a little more adjusting initially but i think they will be fine.